Verses to Clarinda

Robert Burns 1759 (Alloway) – 1796 (Dumfries)



Fair Empress of the poet's soul,
And Queen of poetesses;
Clarinda, take this little boon,
This humble pair of glasses:
 
And fill them up with generous juice,
As generous as your mind;
And pledge them to the generous toast,
"The whole of human kind!"
 
"To those nwho love us!" second fill;
But not to those whom we love;
Lest we love those who love not us -
A third - "To thee and me, love!"

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA ABXB XCAC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 398
Words 80
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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